Re: [pgsql-pkg-debian] Re: We should not transition to apt.postgresql.org until we have a PPA

Andres Freund [2013-02-18 21:52 +0100]:
> The PPA:
> - only supported a few versions of pg, not all supported ones

Right, only those which were supported in any Ubuntu release. E. g.
9.0 has never been in any Ubuntu release, thus there's nothing to
backport them from.

> - regularly dropped releases while they were still supported by PGDG

To be fair, I only drop packages for obsolete Ubuntu releases. And
after people have yelled loud enough, I even put them back.

> All that is understandable, its a lot of work, but it really sucks if
> you use pg productively and suddently no updates are available anymore
> for the version youre using.

If you run a production server on an EOLed Ubuntu release, you
shouldn't complain. You are not going to get any security update any
more, so staying at a slightly outdated PostgreSQL version is really
not making much of a difference.

Thanks,

Martin

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